I'm writing again?

Yup, I'm back writing to you all again! lucky you.  Band front, I'm still not unconvinced that I haven't done something.  But at the same time, I've been hesitant to try solid food today.  So just water and broth and applesauce for me.  But right now I've got that "stuck burp" feeling, kinda like I had right after surgery.  I'm hoping that maybe I just irritated things a bit with the throwing up (not that there was ever much, if anything, to throw up), and didn't do any permanent damage.   Here's hoping.  How much of a failure would I be if I slipped my band or something before my first fill (not that I'd really be a failure, but you know what I mean).  *sigh*

On to a much more up-beat/exciting note: We just signed a final offer for a house!  OMG! I am so freaking out right now.   It's more than we're paying for rent, and it's further for the hubby to drive, and we're adding in home owners insurance and all that, and I'm really really hoping we're not diving in over our heads, but YAY!!  (best part is, this house has a jetted tub in the master bath, and a hot tub in the back yard!)  But yeah. Freaking out. A lot.  Half over house, half over band.  EEP!

I think I'm done for the day!

Love ya'll!

<3 Sam

and the verdict is...

... a mystery?  I just got a call back from the doc, no bacteria in my urine sample.  So I'm to stop the antibiotics, and go back for a retest in10 days.   So mystery bladder pain it is.  At least it basically feels better today.  Let's hope it stays that way.

<3 Sam

another update

woke up feel lots lots better today. mostly. still waiting for the UTI culture to come back though.  But yesterday, went back to the doctor.  Bladder starting having excruciating pain.  and constant.  Took an x-ray with the caveat that IF it was kidney stones, only the calcium based ones would show up.  But there was nothing to show.  picked up the antibiotics and a prescription for some Tylenol/codeine.  Took a pain pill last  night,  waited a bit to see if it would make me nauseous, took my antibiotic, and felt almost human again.  I work up this morning with just a few uncomfortable twinges in the bladder area, but stayed home anyways, since yesterday when I woke up I also felt better before things got worse.   So far today has been mostly good.   Except eating, I tried a bit of leftover Chinese chicken probably too spicy/solid for my tummy after the last few days. Had a little applesauce also, and then my stomach hurt soooo much.   Coughed at the toilet for a few, nothing happened, and now I feel fine again.  My biggest worry is I somehow messed up my band before I even got a fill.  Is that possible?

meh, time to go down some more fluids. whee!

<3 Sam

update:

Went to the doctor.  She seems to think that despite the hour of vomiting last night it's probably just a bladder infection.   The initial sample said a few red blood cells in my urine (not a lot, but somethings probably up)  but not really any white blood cells (which having them means good sign of infection).  So i'm just taking some of the over the counter bladder numbing stuff and will find out what the culture says tomorrow.  Here's hoping it's just a  weird bladder infection.  I'd really like to save the pain of childbirth for childbirth, and not my bladder.

<3 Sam

OMG seriously??

So.. yesterday I'm cruising along (on 3.5 hours of sleep.. yay) .. and everything is good.  Put in an order for dinner (chinese food, I was going to have pot stickers) .. In the time it took for food to get here (about 50 minutes) I went from feeling fine, to OMG worst abdominal cramps ever!! I get fairly bad cramps with my TOM but these were just constant, not letting up.  They brought on diarrhea  and vomiting.  So not only do I feel like cr@p, but I'm sitting there worried that I'm going to mess up my band before I even get a fill.  Anywhos, about an hour of feeling like death, and then about as suddenly as it came on, it mostly left.  Just settled into a discomfort in my bladder.  

So I do what any intelligent, reasonable adult does and self diagnosed myself on WebMD.  Kidney stones!  It actually makes sense (and if I factor in the 10 mins of random stabby pains in my kidney area on Sunday, it makes more sense i think).  I do have a doctors appointment set up for tomorrow (this) morning.   But I was reading up on causes/prevention of future ones (since apparently once you have one, you're prone to more) and one thing that was listed was calcium in pill form.  drinking/eating it is okay and even encouraged.  but "uh oh, I'm supposed to take calcium supplements forever and for always"..  so keep reading.  HIGH PROTEIN DIET can also lead to kidney stones.  Anybody else see a problem with this?  yeah, me too.

So we'll see what's up.  Will keep you all up to date on the gory details.

<3 Sam

I'm still here!

I've been slacking this week on the posts, I know, I know bad me!  But I've been having a good time.   I beat the "I'm shy and don't know anyone so I'm not gonna do it" me, and actually went out and did something fun!

In Denver they have this place http://www.canvasandcocktails.com/  which is totally awesome.  They basically talk you through making a painting (and sell you alcohol, which I was very good and stuck to my water).  Last night I went with someone from college who I literally haven't seen in like 8 years, and bunch of her friends and one of my friends (so I didn't freak out). and it was so much fun!   Here's my painting:  

I'm way impressed with myself.  Not so impressed with my chin however.  But we're working on that.  I've been holding pretty steady at 250 (last weeks 5lbs probably was TOM related and some transitioning to real foods).  That's 25 lbs down from pre-surgery and 35 down from highest ever.   As I'm still two weeks out from my first fill, I'm perfectly okay with this.  

And my husband just commented "pretty soon, you'll weigh less than your husband, how does that make you feel? "  my answer "normal".   It's bugged me that I weigh  more.  That's not supposed to happen (unless you're married to one of those bean-pole types)  But time to go out and do stuff today!  ttfn!

<3 Sam

Another not band blog

I don't know where this technique has been all my life.  I just learned about Water Marbling nail polish.  I'm so going to have to try this some day (on my much shorter than these nails)

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